Sierra Leone declared a national emergency over a psychoactive drug called “kush,” which reportedly includes ground human bones among its other toxic ingredients.
The country’s president, Julius Maada Bio, addressed the nation on April 4 and declared a national emergency on substance abuse in Sierra Leone. He called the drug a “death trap” that has caused hundreds of deaths and caused psychiatric damage to a large number of users.
“Our country is currently faced with an existential threat due to the ravaging impact of drugs and substance abuse, particularly the devastating synthetic drug kush,” the president said.
